The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-18
MARVELLOUS MARY BAKER,
THE GIRL WHO HISS GONE
GATY-FIVE DAYS
without FOod or Water-A Case That
Is the Special wonder of the
Medical Faculty.

LAFAYETTE, IND, January l7.-Miss
Mary Baker, the fasting girl OF White
county, whose entire abstinence from
ali food or water for the period Of
eighty.four days, has ecliped the rec
ord Of Tanner and made her the med
iCal marvel OF the age, is at the house
of her stepfather, Louis Winters, who
lives two and half miles northwest
of the village OF Buffalo, in the ex-
IRENE noriheast corner Of Monon
township, NJ Try was lying on lounge
in corner of the room, supported by
a chair at her back and attended by
a sister. Upon inquiry as TO how she
felt today, che said she did not feel as
we'll as usual. She spoks in a low
whisper, her answer being explained
nv her sister. Ia conversation with
Ms. Winters, the mother OF the
stricken Vi'l, l. was lesraed that Mary
had lain b ~ Ist twelve weeks to-
day ~l'hou. taking snvthi & into
her st In Oh. Her isstir "a COM
menced With relapse from q
spell sckness which she had
about year ago, fIom which she
never Iuly recovered. She fell asleep
and slept for five days and nights,
nca which time she has taken no
nourishmpnt or medicine more than
to take it into her mouth and imme-
diate y throw it up. Her mother, rs
well as numerous watchers, are conf.
dem that nothing has entered her
stomach for the time of eighty four
DAYS Willis in the pre- ence OF Mary
the Wi er saw her take some water,
VIII ch Vas no sooner taken than it
was thrown up. Morphine is injected
into her limbs every four hours, from
which she seems to find immediate
relief. Immediately after the opera.
iion the young lady Looks remarkab y
well for one who has been confined to
bed so long. Her face has the warmth
of person in usual health, while the
warmth in her arms is barely percep-
iible. The lower part OF the body
and limbs are scarcely anything but
skin aud bones. DIR. J. II. CIother of
Chicago, who was AZ her bedside,
eaid that she was evidently lsb r.
ing under a complication OF disea es
but nesr neighbor, L. NJ. Dill, who
visited the family daily, told your cor
respond nt that Miss Baker had been
under med cal treatment almost con-
stantly by the leading physicians Of
the county, including several dis
tinguished prsct tioneTs OF st. Luis
and Indian DO is, none If who N have
been able t. diaguoee her case salts
factorily, Il, d all are fr g to admit That
no similar case has ever c1ne under
their observation or reading in the
DO ks. DIR. Crother said it was impos-
sible to ameliorste her condition or
suffering save by thu administration
of morphine hypodermicslly. At ir-
regular intervals che suffers intense
sgony, occRsioned by spasmodic con-
traction of the muscles, sometimes Of
the hand, arm, neck, face, lower ex'
tremities, or perhaps the entire body,
during which time she is unable
to speak aloud, those in attend
dauc9 being requested to rub the
affected pat bIiskly with the
hand. Miss Baker before her sickness
was the belle of the M1non Valley,
and most beautiful youog lady, with
great intellectual powers. she won all
the prizes at thu County Summary be-
fore her graduation, and had contrib.
uted some poems IT, the columns of
the Monticello Herald that attracted
considerable attention in the State
The case is all that it has heretofore
been represented, and lie, bevond
doub', the most remarkable Of the
kind known to the present generation,
or that has come to the at eution OF
the medical world in this or any other
ago.